Word: moving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Linden found himself throwing outside of the pocket for much of the game, as blind-side pressure continued. Additionally, many rollouts to the right were called in an effort to give the quarterback time. But having Linden throw on the move proved to be ineffective for the most part...
...knew the lawmakers could not ignore: the lobbyists and moneymen who grease the wheels of re-election. The team includes Washington's most persuasive operators, men who normally earn $400 an hour to bend laws for corporate benefit. These men are themselves denizens of the Congress, outsiders who move easily through the ranks of Democrats to gather intelligence and who raise enough campaign money for candidates to get their attention when they need...
...into political fuel by putting it on the airwaves. In the impeachment debate that followed, a group of moderate Southern Democrats and liberal Republicans--including the future Secretary of Defense, William Cohen, then a Maine Congressman--laid out the pros and cons, agonized publicly and ultimately decided to move against the President. Committee Democrats and Republicans had some run-ins--including one over whether the Republican minority could issue subpoenas--but they were resolved without bloodshed...
...consensus is that Vermonters saw McMullen as a "flatlander," or outsider, who thought his money would make up for his recent move from Massachusetts. (The Tuttles came from Massachusetts too--in 1832). "McMullen was a walking insult," says Frank Bryan, a University of Vermont political science professor. "Who the hell does he think he is?" Tuttle kept the state in stitches as he humorously--but devastatingly--pointed out McMullen's flaws. In one debate Tuttle asked McMullen to pronounce the name of a Vermont town, Calais. McMullen fumbled. (It may be cah-lay in France...
...have begun to reach Washington. The DOT is about to institute guidelines aimed at preventing "predatory" pricing, and Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan last week introduced a bill to foster more competition in hub cities. Meanwhile, Northwest, which has five more union contracts to negotiate, is hoping to move from its labor problems to winning back angry customers. "We will do whatever is necessary to regain their trust and their business," vows Laughlin. For Northwest, and the rest of the industry, it will be a long journey...